Working from home is all about juggling domestic life with professional activities, and here’s a terrific video to show what it’s all about - and how...

“Communication is pretty much everything…” - that’s the key message from Tega Alexander, digital marketing manager at the up-and-coming Homesearch. Thanks so much for the video, which...

Here are two sets of advice from the good folk at Aston Mead Land & Planning - some more appropriate than others, depending on your working...

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which has an office in Gibraltar,...

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer at Auction House South Wales...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per cent. The figure - produced by...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to share in the future -...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some 800 homes to NHS staff...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean big rent arrears for the...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be the start of the spring...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be regulated in line with the...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging of times. If you have appropriate...

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years since 2017.  The average age of...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise in light of the improving...

A PropTech firm has issued a dramatic offer to letting agents to pay the company only when they themselves get paid by clients. Goodlord, which provides software...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who are facing campaigns for an...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the industry. If you have appropriate advice...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found some Airbnb hosts advertising their...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure their accommodation for more mainstream...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis ends. The London Renters Union has...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their work helping landlords through this...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where we can. If you have any...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in 2020 will be around 25...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking a Judicial Review of the...

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed an easier transition into the...

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to take advantage of the situation. Newcastle...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising member companies to file their accounts on time in order to remain transparent over the funds held in...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you would like to let the...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for newly available properties took place...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been slammed as “extremely unhelpful and...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this daily service helps provide some...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per cent of bookings cancelled according...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market returns after the Coronavirus crisis...

The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed by the merger of the...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’ and buyers’ queries - but...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the continuing Coronavirus crisis. Any appropriate advice...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during the Coronavirus lockdown. Firstly the Chestertons...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now the pair are using one...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At Home, Protect The NHS, Save...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary changes will mean the Home...

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of lettings contracts because of the...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual rent income throughout the Coronavirus...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If you have appropriate advice to...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing strong figures for the calendar...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to which is at the bottom...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out in its name after the...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online franchise operation, called Accommodation.co.uk. The usual...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week please remember - we’re here...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the extended notice period required for...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending criteria and widen margins. For example,...